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December 11, 2012

Counties playing fast and loose with speed cameras? SHOCKER!!!

Well, this news is going to make people go crazy, go get their slingshots, and wreak havoc!

Hopefully not. But this article is a little disturbing and disappointing news about the speed camera program.

Amazing to me that Howard County's speed cameras are unable to take a photo of an alleged violator, at the exact time the alleged violator commits said alleged violation. Goodness knows, we spend on enough in Howard County, coun't we invest a few bucks on some more precise cameras?

I think what the loophole in the article represents is a possible means by which the speed camera program can be abused. And there's a simple enough solution to it. Buy more precise programs so that confidence in the speed camera program can be 100%, which is where it should be.

Of course, there are other things about the speed camera program which I have found troubling, such as the fact that speed cameras operate when school is not in session, but hey, a guy can't have everything!

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Oh, that most interesting of subjects: auto-enforcers and speed cameras. I was driving in another jurisdiction last week -- on a Sunday -- and there was an school zone area on the road where the speed limit was 15 mph when the lights were flashing and it was a "Photo Enforced" area. How confusing! No need for 15 mph on a Sunday. Boo. If one makes a system and automates it, then make sure the equipment works!